Heroin
Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant; it is mainly used... Wikipedia
- Pronunciation: Heroin
- AHFS/Drugs.com: heroin
- Dependence, liability: Very high
- Addiction, liability: Very high
- Routes of, administration: Intravenous, inhalation, transmucosal, by mouth, intranasal, rectal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intrathecal
- Legal status: AU: S9 (Prohibited), CA: Schedule I, DE: Anlage I, II and III, NZ: Class A, UK: Class A, US: Schedule I, UN: Narcotic Schedules I and IV
- CAS Number: 561-27-3 Y[], 1502-95-0
- ATC code: N07BC06 (WHO)
- PubChem: CID [/pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5462328 5462328]
- DrugBank: DB01452 Y[]
- ChemSpider: 4575379 Y[]
- UNII: 70D95007SX Y[], 8H672SHT8E
- KEGG: D07286 Y[]
- ChEBI: CHEBI:27808 Y[]
- ChEMBL: CHEMBL459324 Y[]
- Synonyms: Diacetylmorphine, acetomorphine, (dual) acetylated morphine, morphine diacetate
- Data source: DuckDuckGo